Ephesians 2:3-13

New American Standard Bible

³ Among them ^[a]we too all ^(A)previously lived in ^(B)the lusts of our flesh, ^[b]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^[c]mind, and were ^(C)by nature ^(D)children of wrath, ^(E)just as the rest. ⁴ But God, being ^(F)rich in mercy, because of ^(G)His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were ^(H)dead ^[d]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[e]with Christ (^(I)by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and ^(J)raised us up with Him, and ^(K)seated us with Him in ^(L)the heavenly places in ^(M)Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[f]boundless ^(N)riches of His grace in ^(O)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ^(P)by grace you have been saved ^(Q)through faith; and ^[g]this is not of yourselves, it is ^(R)the gift of God; ^9 (S)not a result of works, so that ^(T)no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, ^(U)created in ^(V)Christ Jesus for ^(W)good works, which God ^(X)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(Y)walk in them.

¹¹ Therefore remember that ^(Z)previously ^(AA)you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “^(AB)Uncircumcision” by the so-called “^(AC)Circumcision” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, ^[h](AD)excluded from ^[i]the people of Israel, and strangers to ^(AE)the covenants of the promise, having ^(AF)no hope and ^(AG)without God in the world. ¹³ But now in ^(AH)Christ Jesus you who ^(AI)previously were ^(AJ)far away ^[j]have ^(AK)been brought near ^[k](AL)by the blood of Christ.